Texas

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HOUSTON — ENGIE North America Inc., which provides operating solutions for the energy industry, has signed a 110,000-square-foot office lease at 1360 Post Oak Blvd. in Houston. The company will relocate its North American headquarters from nearby 1990 Post Oak Blvd. and occupy floors four through nine beginning in December 2019. Louis Rosenthal and Bruce Rutherford of JLL represented ENGIE North America in the lease negotiations. Eric Anderson, David Baker and Tyler Garrett of Transwestern represented the landlord, a joint venture between Nuveen Real Estate and Allianz. Morgan Relyea and Tim Relyea of Cushman & Wakefield represented an undisclosed lessee that surrendered some of it excess space to enable ENGIE to meet its space requirements.

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HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated a 43,869-square-foot industrial lease at 4000 Greenbriar Drive in Houston for Puffer-Sweiven, a provider of automation, valves, measurement and process control solutions in southeastern Texas. Ryan Searle, Nick Peterson and John Ferruzzo of NAI Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.

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IRVING, TEXAS — Locally based multifamily developer JPI will build Jefferson Innova, a 433-unit community in Irving’s Las Colinas district, the company’s sixth project in that submarket. JPI has closed on construction financing for the five-acre project and expects to open the property in spring 2021. Amenities at Jefferson Innova will include a pool, business center, fitness center with a yoga studio, a coffee bar and two outdoor kitchens. Humphreys & Partners is the project architect, and Glenn Engineering Corp. is the civil engineer. CrossHarbor Capital Partners is serving as JPI’s equity partner on the project.

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FRISCO, TEXAS — StreetLights Residential, a multifamily developer with five offices across the country, has broken ground on The Margo, a 358-unit project within The Canals at Grand Park in Frisco. The property will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 505 to 2,000 square feet. The Margo will offer amenities such as two pools, an entertainment lawn with outdoor games, a fitness center, game room, theater room and a private lounge. LRK served as the architect for the project, completion of which is scheduled for spring 2021.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Parallel Co., a student housing development and investment firm, will open MUZE, its new 502-bed community that is located two blocks from the University of Texas in Austin. The grand opening is set for Sunday, Aug. 18. Located at 2100 Neuces St., the 18-story property will offer one-, two-, three- and four-bed units that will come fully furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and washers and dryers. Walk-in closets will be available in select units. Amenities will include a study lounge with private rooms, a rooftop pool and theater, outdoor kitchen and a fitness center. Rhode Partners served as the project architect, and Rogers-O’Brien Construction served as the general contractor. KeyBank Real Estate Capital provided construction financing.

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ALLEN, TEXAS — Berkadia has provided a $47.2 million HUD construction loan for Stacy Pointe Apartments, a 326-unit multifamily community in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Allen. The property will offer one- and two-bedroom floor plans and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center, media areas and coworking office space. Chad Bedwell of Berkadia secured the loan through HUD’s 221(d)(4) program on behalf of Texas-based Stacy Pointe Partners LP. The loan carried an 85 percent loan-to-cost structure.

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Mines-Road-Self-Storage-Laredo-Texas

LAREDO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Mines Road Self Storage, a 355-unit facility located in the South Texas city of Laredo. The property spans 47,830 net rentable square feet and is located on a thoroughfare that sees approximately 52,000 vehicles per day. Jon Danklefs of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a partnership, in the transaction. The buyer was Store It All Storage, which has 17 locations in Texas.

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HOUSTON — JLL has negotiated the sale of Safe Keeping Self Storage, a 709-unit facility located at 6610 Highway 6 N. in Houston. Approximately 62 percent of the units feature climate-controlled space. Steve Mellon and Brian Somoza of JLL represented the seller, Safe Keeping, in the transaction. The buyer was Merit Hill Capital, a Brooklyn-based self-storage investment and development firm, which acquired the asset for an undisclosed price.

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Manitoba-Apartments-Fort-Worth

FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Manitoba, a 265-unit multifamily complex in Fort Worth. Built in 1971, the property offers amenities such as two pools, a playground, afterschool center and onsite laundry facilities. Al Silva of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Dallas-based nonprofit that owned the asset for 18 years, in the transaction. Silva and Ford Braly, also with Marcus & Milichap, secured the buyer, a Dallas-based investment firm that will renovate the property’s exteriors, unit interiors and amenity spaces.

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DALLAS — Minneapolis-based Dougherty Mortgage has arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for Sedona Ranch, a 253-unit multifamily asset in Dallas. The property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a two pools, a picnic area and onsite laundry facilities. Dougherty arranged the loan, which carried a 12-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule, through a partnership with Old Capital Lending on behalf of the borrower, 2749 Sedona Ranch LLC.

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